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clubname = IFK Mariehamn |
image = [[Image:IFK Mariehamnin logo.svg|90px|Logo of IFK Mariehamn]] |
fullname = Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna<br/>Mariehamn |
nickname = ''Grönvitt'' (Green White) <br />''Saarelaiset'' (The Islanders) |
founded = 1919|
ground = [[Wiklöf Holding Arena]],<br/>[[Mariehamn]] |
capacity = 4000 |
chairman = [[Mikael Granskog]]|
manager = [[Pekka Lyyski]] |
league = [[Veikkausliiga]] |
season = 2007 |
position = Veikkausliiga, 6th |
website = [http://www.ifkmariehamn.com] |
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'''IFK Mariehamn''' is a [[Finland|Finnish]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club, based in [[Mariehamn]], capital of the [[Åland|Åland Islands]]. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division (''[[Veikkausliiga]]''). The club's [[coach (sport)|manager]] is [[Pekka Lyyski]], and it plays its home matches at ''Wiklöf Holding Arena''.
==History==
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:IFK-HJK 28.4.2008 007.jpg|right|thumb|A match between IFK Mariehamn and HJK at Wiklöf Holding Arena in April 2008.|250 px]] -->While IFK Mariehamn was formed in 1919, the sports club did not have a football section until the mid-1930s. Initially the team participated primarily in local tournaments on [[Åland]], only sporadically playing other [[Finland|Finnish]] or [[Sweden|Swedish]] teams. The team has participated in the Finnish football leagues since 1945.<br />
Until the 1970s, IFK Mariehamn played primarily in the Finnish football divisions [[Kolmonen|3]] and 4. The club reached a peak in 1975 and 1976, when the club first advanced to [[Kakkonen|division 2]] and then reached division 1 (''[[Ykkönen]]'') the following year. After two seasons in division 1, IFK Mariehamn was relegated to division 2, where it would remain up until the 2000s, except for a few seasons in division 3 during the early 1990s.<br />
In 2003, IFK Mariehamn returned to division 1. After only one season in division 1, the club advanced, for the first time in its history to the premier league of Finnish football, the [[Veikkausliiga]], for the 2005 season. In its first season in the ''Veikkausliiga'', IFK Mariehamn finished 12th out 14 teams. In 2006, the club finished in 5th place and the year after 6th after an impressive run of unbeaten matches during the autumn of 2007.
In addition to playing in the ''Veikkausliiga'', IFK Mariehamn participates in local Åland tournaments, having won the [[Åland cup]] 40 times and the [[Åland football championships]] 42 times. In recent years, the club has been the most dominant football team on Åland, having in 2008 won its 11th and 15th straight titles in these two events, respectively.
IFK is semi-professional but aim to become a fully professional club. Nevertheless IFK has succeeded quite well in the country's top flight, where most players are full time professionals.
===Division history===
* 1945 - 1971: Divisions 3 and 4 (two seasons)
* 1972: Division 2
* 1973 - 1975: Division 3
* 1976: Division 2
* 1977 - 1978: Division 1
* 1979 - 1990: Division 2
* 1991 - 1992: Division 3
* 1993 - 2003: Division 2
* 2004: Division 1
* 2005 - : ''Veikkausliiga'' (Premier division)
== Current squad ==
''as of January, 2008''
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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Kenya|pos=GK|name=[[Willis Ochieng]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Ukraine|pos=DF|name=[[Dmytro Voloshyn]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Finland|pos=DF|name=[[Patrik Rikama]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Sweden|pos=MF|name=[[Johan Carlsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Finland|pos=DF|name=[[Peter Blomberg]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Sierra Leone|pos=MF|name=[[Samuel Barlay]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Sweden|pos=DF|name=[[Kenneth Ingemar Gustafsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Croatia|pos=MF|name=[[Ante Šimunac]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Finland|pos=MF|name=[[Mika Niskala]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Finland|pos=GK|name=[[Simon Enqvist]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Sweden|pos=FW|name=[[Arsim Gashi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Kenya|pos=MF|name=[[Amos Ekhalie]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Finland|pos=FW|name=[[Sasha Anttilainen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Sweden|pos=MF|name=[[Marcus Olofsson]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Finland|pos=DF|name=[[Fredrik Appel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Finland|pos=DF|name=[[Johannes Nordström]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Finland|pos=MF|name=[[Tamas Gruborovics]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=Finland|pos=DF|name=[[Paulus Arajuuri]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Finland|pos=MF|name=[[Jimmy Sundman]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=Finland|pos=FW|name=[[Kenneth Wickström]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Finland|pos=FW|name=[[Wilhelm Ingves]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Finland|pos=GK|name=[[Gustav Långbacka]]}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|nat=Croatia|pos=DF|name=[[Mate Dujilo]]}}
{{Fs end}}
==Notable players==
* [[Daniel Sjölund]], currently in [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]], and formerly in [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] and [[Liverpool Football Club|Liverpool]], and a regular in the [[Finnish national football team]]
* [[Mikael Granskog]], former player in [[IFK Norrköping]] and in the Finnish national team
* [[Anders Eriksson (footballer)|Anders Eriksson]], former player in [[Östers IF]] and in the Finnish national team
==External links==
*{{sv icon}} [http://www.ifkmariehamn.com/ Official website]
*{{sv icon}} [http://www.greenmeanmachine.com/ GMM - The fan club]
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